#tistou

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@adarkrainbow @themousefromfantasyland

Tistou Les Pouces Verts (Tistou of the Green Thumbs), by Maurice Druon

Written in 1957, this is the story of Tistou, a child who can make flowers sprout wherever his hand lands. Tistou uses his power to help adults around him to bear the difficult aspects of life, such as war and sadness.

It received a good following in Brazil and in Japan, being one of Hayao Miyazaki's favorite books and receiving an anime adaptation in 1990.

[arlindogrund]

Quem gosta do rosa e de suas variações? Quando vi essa tom de linho na @rebeccabarreto_online me encantei. Pronto, conjunto feito e usado com sucesso. Eu amo uma monocromia. Aliás, nosso almoço foi magnífico @fabiopaivafp @marcellabergamo @eduardabergamo @arturar @caminhaneto #Tistou #Val. Faltaram @rhaisabatista e @valeria.de.luna com justificativas plausíveis. Mas já estaremos de volta rapidinho para o próximo encontro. 😂😂❤️😂 E claro, 🎶 “o Rio de Janeiro continua lindo!” 🎶❤️ #ArlindoAma #Linho #RioDeJaneiro #RJ #Moda #Fashion #Looks #DicasDeModa #DicaDeModa #ConsultoriaDeModa #ConsultoriaDeImagem #Inspirações ;-) (em Forte de Copacabana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CntsBcOOUTY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[adarkrainbow]

Masterpost 4: The end of a year

2022 was actually the opening year of my blog! And you’ll find here most of the posts I made at the end of 2022, as well as some from the beginning of 2023. 

Fairytale study tips: How to date a critical work about French fairytales ; jokes in madame d’Aulnoy fairytales ; madame d’Aulnoy’s expansive tales ; thesis about the devil in fairytales ; d’Aulnoy VS Grimm ; Fairytales were not meant for kids ; Folklorist VS literary studies ; more about folklorist vs literary 

Perrault’s jokes: part 1 and part 2 and part 3 

Some French things: Guillermo del Toro wasn’t the first one to make a fascist Pinocchio ; a reblog about a work of Pierre Dubois ; Did Cinderella drop the shoe? ; A theory about Perrault’s writing 

Some illustrations: Puss in Boots ; Sleeping Beauty’s ogress queen ; witch or ogress ; flirty Puss in Boots 

Various asks: If I was a fairytale character ; Christmas and fairytales ; an ask about Petit Prince and Tistou ; folklore and fairy tales ask game 

The world of the fées (a rushed and incomplete transcription:translation of a book): Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4

A manual’s take on fairytales (transcription of a French school manual): part 1, part 2, part 3  

Various considerations: Fairytales 0%,  fairytales and nursery rhymes ; “Fairytale Fantasy” ; wondering about mixed fairytales ; What OUaT did ; comparing two books 

Self-reblogs from my main blog: About the Norse god Tyr (turns out there’s fairytales in there) ; Frau Holle ; The Snow Queen 

[pobopolybius]

Little sketch to revamp my limbus oc, Tistou :) he's based on the book The Boy With The Green Finger which is a brazilian children's book

[flower-cage]

Get To Know The Writer tag game!

Tagged by @marthawrites <3

Age: 24

Pen name(s): I never thought about getting one and no one ever asked... I'll go by Flower or Jay from now on :)

College/university degrees: BS in Marketing and BA in International Relations.

Favorite books growing up: The Lord of the Rings.

First "grown up" book you remember reading: The Lord of the Rings.

Favorite novel(s): You guessed it - The Lord of the Rings. But also The Silmarillion. LOTR was my first love, ok? I didn't even speak English when I first watched the movies and could barely follow the subtitles but I LOVED IT. And then I decided to read The Fellowship of the Ring and it took me 2 years. I literally finished it on New Year's Eve because I refused to let it drag on for another year lmao.

Favorite published writers: I apologize, I'm being really boring. It's Tolkien. I have a whole section of my childhood room still dedicated to him and his works. And every time I go to a bookstore I go looking for his books just because I like watching them thrive.

Favorite book(s) of poetry: Edgar Allan Poe absolutely counts because he is also one of my favorite poets! My favorite poem is probably Annabell Lee, outside of the more obvious ones. But I also love Brazilian poets, especially Cruz e Sousa and Álvares de Azevedo, who have a darkness/melancholy that reminds me of Poe sometimes.

Favorite children's book(s): The Little Prince, Tistou: The Boy with Green Thumbs, and, though it's more teen literature, The Goosebumps series.

Favorite movie/show adaptions: THE LORD OF THE RINGS ARE YOU KIDDING ME NO OTHER ADAPTATION WILL EVER COME CLOSE. I'm sorry Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, I love you so much I write fanfiction for you. But you will never equate to my first love.

What do you listen to while you write?: I also don't often listen to anything while writing but when I do, I listen to lo-fi music, especially Lo-Fi Nintendo tracks and Lo-Fi Hip Hop playlists on YouTube.

What do you drink while you write?: Coffee in the mornings, water in the afternoons, and herbal tea in the evenings (though right now I'm drinking a chocolate milkshake).

Favorite piece you've ever written: The Wolf and The Dragon is my favorite so far. It takes everything in me to write each chapter and sometimes it takes me long to update it, but I love it. Especially chapters 2 and 4.

Favorite fanfiction you've read recently: There are a few! I reblog the fics I like under the tag "fic recs", so you can check there. On my desktop blog, there is a whole pretty page for them! But one that I read most recently and am obsessed with is @hamatoanne's Survivor!

(no pressure) Tagging: @missusnora @hamatoanne (sorry I just became a fan and would love to get to know you :3)

[houseofgamespodcast]

This week, we meet Tistou Blomberg 🧑, a man with many hats 🎩🧢👑! In this episode, we talk about his project G4m3Ch4n93r5 (Game Changers) 🎮🚀, and how to do “Democracy Driven Development” 🗳️✅!

[english-ness]

#15 for the ask game? :)

15. 3 quotes that have a special place in your life

#1 Maurice Druon, Tistou les pouces verts, 1957 "Les grandes personnes ont sur toute chose des idées toutes faites qui leur servent à parler sans réfléchir. Or, les idées toutes faites sont généralement des idées mal faites." Adults hold on any thing ready-made ideas that they use to speak without thinking. But as we know, ready-made ideas are usually poorly made ideas.

#2 Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, 1925 "Later she wasn’t so positive perhaps; she thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist’s religion of doing good for the sake of goodness.” 

#3 Hufflepuff moodboards, Tumblr.com, circa 2015 "Don't burn yourself to keep someone else warm."

Ask me about three things

[animemiscellany]

[ggiftv]

I love this two little boys 🤍

💗 The real gardeners in French literature🌈

[giraffesvoice-whalesear]

✨ 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖 ✨

by @volcano-pasta Thank you for a wonderful challenge!

rules: pick a beloved literary character of yours & create them in the sims. share who tagged you, tag me!, and tag some friends who you would like to see do this challenge. use this tag: #literary character challenge

I was tagged by @dettea, @ladykendalsims. Thank you so much.❤ Sometimes, I secretly create my favorite books characters in my save data, but when I post them, it's embarrassing😊

My beloved is Tistou. From “Tistou les pouces verts” by Maurice Druon. Reality may not be able to live with a pure heart like Tistou. But I need this beautiful story.

Pose by @atashi77. And etc, to all the CCs creators. Thanks to your wonderful artwork💖

I tag whoever would like to do this! Don't you have your beloved literary character in your save data?😁 

[sleepy82louih]

Let's Talk About Matilda

I was just listening to Harry's house on YouTube, and after a month, a question struck me.

Why 'Matilda'?

I mean, it is a girl's name, yes. But, this is Harry. Why specifically Matilda? Who is Matilda?

Interestingly enough, I found her.

(Warning! There are mentions of child abuse, emotional and physical abuse and other sensitive topics ahead.)

Matilda is a name that has a Germanic form, 'Mahthildis'. Mahthildis is derived from Old High German words 'Maht' and 'Hild'. It means 'might, strength, battle' and/or 'battle-mighty'.

But that's not all. While I was originally looking for the meaning of the name, I stumbled across an interesting little piece of info.

'Matilda' is the name of a book written by Roald Dahl, which is the main character's first name as well.

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter (and also a pilot). He has written several children's books, which has granted him the title of "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". He's won several awards for his works, as well. He has had a knack for writing children's books with rather adult, dark themes.

Exhibit A? Matilda.

Part I: 'Matilda', A Summary

(Note: Only read this part if you don't know the story to Roald Dahl's 'Matilda')

In Roald Dahl's 'Matilda', Matilda is a girl born to Mr and Mrs Wormwood. Now, ever since early childhood, Matilda has proven to be a genius. And, by early childhood, I mean one year-old. And by genius, I mean learning to read by age three and half. By the time Matilda is four and three months old, she has read every children book in the library (which she would walk all alone from home to, and read her books there, since her father refused to buy her books because they had a 'twelve-inch telly') and has moved on to books like Jane Eyre.

However, Matilda's genius is lost on her parents. Her parents emotionally abuse her, and generally ignore her. For example, when she learns to speak at the age of one, they tell her that she's noisy and little girls should be seen and not heard.

Her father has a job as a car dealer, and her mother would go and play bingo five afternoons a week at a town eight miles away from home. Her older brother, Michael (a pretty ordinary kid) would leave for a school. Most days, four year-old Matilda is completely alone by the afternoon (which she cherishes by going to the library).

Matilda's parent's behaviour even surprises the librarian, seeing as the child comes alone and leaves alone. Although she never addresses it, since she's learned that meddling with parents' business doesn't end well. (this woman is the epitome of 'not giving you what you need but lend you a free escape') Matilda, with all her four year-old genius and brilliance, admits to knowing that, frankly, her parents do not care much about her, or about what she does. She is a scab; Her parents tolerate her up until the moment they can get rid of her and throw her away.

The books that she reads, however, take Matilda far and beyond, to places she's never seen. They introduce her to the most amazing people.

“She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”

‘You can see the world, following the seasons, anywhere you go, you don't need a reason, cause they never showed you love...’

Now to Matilda's family. Mr Wormwood sells second-hand cars. Read: Her father is a scammer who adds sawdust to the oil in the gearbox and the poor buyer won't realise it until they get several miles away, when the car ultimately crashes down again. When Matilda tells her that what he does is disgusting, her mother tells her to keep her nasty mouth shut.

(Funny coincidence, Matilda's father's name is Harry.)

In short, four and something year-old Matilda hates her parents. She knows it's wrong, but she still does, because they're shortsighted, narrow-minded, stupid people who know nothing but the television and cheating people, and have never read a book in their life.

(The irony is that Mr Wormwood preaches about family gatherings and how important they are. Someone needs to tell this man that his definition of family has several reality issues. Heck, even his wife doesn't like him much.)

The story then goes on about Matilda finding ways to rid herself of the frustration she feels inside of her, by pulling pranks on her parents every time they act beastly towards her. Like, for example, glueing his father's hat to his head, or scaring her parents with a parrot in the chimney, or bleaching his father's hair.

Matilda then goes to school, meeting Miss Jennifer Honey. Now, Miss Honey notices her intellectual abilities (such as, say, making a limerick about Miss Honey since she's met her that morning, alongside reading a limerick and multiplying fourteen by nineteen), and tries to move Matilda to a higher class.

However, the school has a terrifying, tyrannical headmistress, named Miss Trunchbull and what a last name that is. She is, in short, a headmistress who enjoys abusing her higher power. She clearly mentions how she wishes it was old days and she could use a belt on students as punishment, she apparently has a cupboard named The Chokey that has bits of glass and nails sticking from the walls, she punishes a girl for wearing pigtails and does a hammer throw with her across the playground (yes she throws the child), and punishes a boy for eating her cake by making him eat an 18 inch wide one (and smashing the platter over his head when he succeeds).

Miss Honey then tries to talk to Matilda's parents, but they ignore her, with her mother saying that a girl should focus on looks and get married to a successful man, instead of being brainy, and then attempts to humiliate Miss Honey on her looks. As expected, Miss Honey leaves the house.

Afterwards, it is revealed that Matilda has the power of telekinesis, and that Miss Honey is actually Trunchbull's niece, and has been under her abusive care since her father, Dr Magnus Honey had died. Trunchbull has Miss Honey's salary going to her own bank account and giving Miss Honey £1 per week. Knowing this, Matilda uses her telekinesis to terrify Trunchbull by using a chalk on the board and pretending to be Magnus Honey's ghost, demanding his daughter's money to be returned;

“Give my Jenny her wages, give my Jenny the house, then get out of here. If you don't, I will come and get you. I will come and get you like you got me. I am watching you Agatha.”

(Oh yeah, sure Roald, let's casually mention how Trunchbull is a murder suspect in a children's book, that's normal)

Trunchbull faints, and by the next day, she's left the house in a haste, and is never heard of again. Mr Honey's will appears out of seemingly nowhere, rightfully giving Miss Honey the house and her father's savings.

With Miss Honey's property given back to her, and with the deputy headmaster taking Trunchbull's place, Matilda is moved to a higher class, to sit with eleven year-olds. She loses her telekinesis power, and Miss Honey tells her that it's probably because she's using her brain power on other things now.

Matilda keeps visiting Miss Honey regularly, as they've grown quite close. One day, when she comes back home, though, she sees that her parents and her brother are packing to move to Spain. When she wonders why this is happening, Miss Honey explains that it's because it was figured out that Mr Wormwood is a scammer.

Matilda then asks her parents to give her permission to stay and move in with Miss Honey. They agree rather distractedly, as her mother states that 'it's one less mouth to feed'. And as Miss Honey and Matilda find happy endings, Wormwoods vanish from young Matilda's life.

Part II: The Message Behind 'Matilda'

'Matilda' is a story that, despite being written for a young audience, contains very heavy and dark themes. 'Matilda' very clearly speaks of emotional and physical abuse, tyranny, misogyny, scamming, attachment theory, dictatorship, and, most obvious of all, child abuse.

'Matilda' also draws a very clear picture of how the main character, Matilda, is a very misunderstood child by her parents, whom, in addition of not caring for her, simply do not understand her and are incapable of keeping up with her intellectual prowess, to the point of outright denying the fact that she is a genius.

On an almost parallel line, we have Miss Honey (Jenny, rings a bell?). She is much like Matilda. Despite having parents that we may assume would've been caring if they had lived longer, Jenny has lost them both by the age of five, the same age that Matilda is now. She's lived under her abusive aunt's care, and Jenny blatantly mentions that her aunt used to beat her. We're not so unfamiliar with that particular idea in the story, as Trunchbull did voice her obvious regret about how she cannot beat the students until they couldn't sit like she used to do in the past.

When Jenny finally escapes to her small cottage by a farm, she's past the age of eighteen. She hasn't attended university, as she was forced to do all the housework since the age of ten, and simply has her job, which grants her almost zero salary, because she attended Teachers' Collage.

Back to Matilda. She, as a five year-old with the brain of an adult, very clearly is aware that her parents care so very little for her. She mentions the fact that her parents would not worry about her, or care if she's not there, multiple times throughout the story. She speaks very coolly about it; She's accepted the fact that her parents simply do not love her. And that is shown very clearly in the story; Mr and Mrs Wormwood do not love their daughter. Not only that, but they seem to hate her to a certain extent.

The story also points multiple times towards misogyny. Mr Wormwood has a tendency to interact with her son about his job, while completely dismissing Matilda, especially in that particular subject, simply because she is a girl. He is so against the idea of a woman having the upper hand, that he accuses Matilda of cheating when the girl sums up a few numbers fairly quickly in her mind, while her older brother clearly struggles with simply keeping up to writing down the said numbers on paper.

While Matilda is quickly told to shut up whenever she's proven to be smarter than her parents, or outspoken, other children receive the same treatment in school by Trunchbull. If a child is daring enough to simply state the simple fact that Trunchbull had been a child herself, they'd be punished. Trunchbull is, in short, the epitome of people in high power who abuse it in any way they can; Dictatorship.

There's also the slight case of the attachment theory. In short, attachment theory means that every child needs to form a relationship with at least one primary caregiver in order to develop emotionally and socially. Matilda lacks that primary caregiver until the age of five, until she meets Miss Honey. The impact of Miss Honey's warmth, care and understanding on Matilda is so great that the girl trusts her teacher with her deepest secrets (revealing her telekinesis power to her) and, by the end of the story, her attachment to Miss Honey wins over her attachment to her parents, and she begins living with her.

All in all, Matilda is, despite being a children book, a very heavy read, especially if you notice the signs.

Part III: Harry and Matilda

Let's talk about how Harry's song connects to this all.

In 'Matilda', Harry speaks very clearly of similar situations. He speaks to a girl (although it could be anyone, I'm just using the female pronouns for easier writing) about her life situation; How her parents, or family, never showed her love, and how she might feel sorry for leaving, growing up, and becoming independent. He expresses that, while none of this is his business, he's been simply thinking about it. He tells her that she can start a family that will love her, will care for her, and there's nothing to be sorry for.

He mentions that, this is, apparently, no big deal. At least, to her. None of what happened seemed to be wrong to her until a certain point at time. Harry's Matilda speaks of her experiences like it's nothing, but it isn't. Yet, Matilda is strong, she's mighty like her namesake; She bright and lively and she can light up even the darkest days.

While Roald Dahl's Matilda seems to have a liking for adventure, Harry's Matilda also may have the same interests; Harry does urge her to travel the world and see it all. It's a beautiful parallel, in my opinion. Roald Dahl's Matilda never moves further than her little village, she even refuses to go to Spain with her parents, and yet, she's travelled the world more than anyone can imagine within the four walls of her small bedroom, with her books.

Harry tells Matilda that it's alright, if she wants to let go. He tells her that it's okay to feel pain. He tells her that there's nothing wrong with growing up. He tells her that she doesn't have to go home. He tells her that he knows time won't change her mind, because it won't change the fact that her family don't love her. So the only option there is, is letting it all go.

It's almost heartbreaking. We know that, Roald Dahl's Matilda is too smart, almost an adult in a child's body. But we never get to know if Matilda, despite her adventures and her brilliant brain, needed comfort. Matilda never cries in the story, she adamantly refuses to cry. She never shows weakness. She's too smart for all that. The only time she shows sadness about her parnts not caring for her is when she's four and talking to the librarian.

When you switch from Harry talking to any person, to him talking to a five year-old, it makes it all the more emotional. In a sense, it is that way. When we look back at our childhood, while witnessing our memories with our matured minds, the emotions woven withing those memories remain to be ones of a small child. 'Matilda' is, perhaps, not addressed to our matured minds, but to the small kids living within the hall of memories upon memories in those very minds. Maybe Harry is talking to a child, upon a delicate, almost sadly playful melody of strings.

Part IV: Conclusion

Matilda is, without question, a heartbreaking song.

Not only because of the way it's been written and produced, but because of the way we connect to it. Many of us feel Matilda deep in our bones. 'Matilda' goes from being misunderstood to being outright unloved. Harry draws parallels between his and Roald Dahl's Matilda very delicately.

It's also no surprise that Harry has, once again, drawn inspiration from a children's book (or dark literature, for that matter). He also did this with Adore You music video, using a children's book to form a story that many of us connected with. Harry goes from writing about a peculiar child with a bright smile, to talking about a genius girl with a brilliant mind. Many of Harry's characters that he uses as inspiration stand out from people around them. Perhaps because Harry understands those characters on a deep level. Perhaps because Harry himself stands out as well.

Perhaps it's bitterly hilarious to see how children seem to understand things that many adults simply ignore. Perhaps Harry sees himself as one of them. Perhaps, somewhere in Harry's colourful mind, he's still running around, wearing a peculiar suit, with peculiar children, throwing pieces of cake. Perhaps he stands next to Matilda, as the girl grins wide, her smile bright, her mind sharp, and lets it all go, as they wreck havoc without ever saying sorry.

Because there's nothing to be sorry for.

-Clair, an emotional mess right now

[pekoro2014]

ついに明日!!!! お待たせしましたNEW Henry Dean解禁です!!!!!! 8日(金)19:00 START ・ ・ こちらのお写真、去年のtistouさん20周年パーティーの際に、通訳していただいて、Henry Deanの社長さんである、ジムさんご夫婦とお話させていただいた時のものです。 ・ いつかお会いしたいと思っていたらまさかこんなすぐにお会い出来るなんて。 念ずれば叶う。 小学生レベルの英語しか話せず、緊張すると喋れなくなるという特技を持つ私たちは、お手紙を持って行ったのですが、そこに描いた落書きにも笑ってくれたり、たくさんの質問にも答えてくれる、優しいご夫婦でした。 ・ Henry Deanのデザインは、ご夫婦の、日常のたわいもない会話や風景からアイデアを思いつくのだそう。 それぞれの形のネーミングの意味にも色々と面白い理由が。 ・ 色んなお話をさせてもらった中で1番印象的だったのが 『全ての作品が最高傑作』 毎年毎年たくさんのデザインを生み出し続けているけれど、どれもひとつひとつ手作りにこだわって、全ての作品が最高傑作で、愛情いっぱいに生み出しているよ。と社長のジムさんがおっしゃっていたこと。 ・ 私たちが惹かれ続けていたHenry Dean。 素敵だから惹かれていたのは間違い無いけれど、ジムさんご夫婦にお会いして、惹かれていた理由はこういうことだったのかも。と、さらにさらにHenry Deanの魅力の虜になりました。 ・ ・ 詳しいお話は店頭で。 今週はHenry Deanを語る会になりそう。 営業時間のお知らせはもうすぐ投稿致します。 マッテテネ！ ・ ・ #pekoro#白石区#札幌#花屋#花#cafe#花瓶#花器#henrydean#ヘンリーディーン#tistou#ベルギー#België#蔵前#静岡#flower#flowerbase#フラワーベース#ベルギー大使館 (Pekoro) https://www.instagram.com/pekoro2014/p/ButfAEGgDFE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1653b78tpcvvx

[asexual-bedsheet]

“Say no to war, but say it with flowers”

We don’t talk enough about ‘Tistou of the green thumbs’ by Maurice Druon

If I were to read only one book from now on and to the end of time, I would without a doubt pick the story about Tistou.

I used to watch the cartoon as a child, and I have always loved Monsieur Moustache ❤️ this kind and gentle Gardner who tends to mr. Dads grounds, and who guides Tistou through the discovery of his abilities, and teaches him how to use them to make the world better.

It is truly an amazing story, and I seriously can’t recommend it enough ❤️

I have wanted to draw Monsieur Moustache for the longest time, and now I finally did ❤️ I am so proud of this! I am becoming really confident in my art, and I love what I’m making ❤️

[adarkrainbow]

Can Saint Exupery's Le Petit Prince and Maurice Druon's Tistou Le Pouces Verts be considered inheritors of the legacy of french literary fairy tales?

This is the first time I hear about Tistou in my life so I'll have to pass it for now X) I can speak much more accurantely about the Petit Prince.

Yes it is an inheritor of fairy tales. Is it a legacy of Frecnh farytales specifically? I would say no because it fits a much more personal form of "marvelous", though it is definitively something French in spirit and culture. But I would have a very hard time linking it to the works of Perrault and Aulnoy.

Le Petit Prince fits into this bizarre category of things that common opinion holds as "modern fairy tales" when they are rather fairy tale inspired? I mean stuff like Pinocchio, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan... These are forms of fantasy literature, they are aimed at children, and they take inspiration from a general, broad, vast conception of "fairytales", but they also clearly want to do something more than just make "another fairy tale", they are novels (so a much longer form) and they are not... well they are not "fairy tales" per se.

In French it is so much easier to talk about it because we have this clever useful word "conte" which designates a very broad type of short stories. Fairy tales are in French "contes de fées" (or "conte merveilleux" if you extend a bit), but there are also other types of "contes" such as philosophical contes, erotical contes... And for these new types of literature, that are not traditional fairy tales but still have a sort of broad tie to fairy tales, we use the term "conte pour enfants", "conte for children". It is quite complicated to express those subtleties in English due to the different ways English and French categorize their literatures - but in short, yes Le Petit Prince is an inheritor of fairy tales, and is considered by many a "modern fairy tale". But to say strictly that it is a "fairy tale" would be wrong because it is not a traditional fairy tale and barely plays on the fairy tale codes and archetypes ; le Petit Prince is before all a "conte pour enfant", a children book inspired by fairy tales without being one, under which is hidden a "conte philosophique" a philosophical tale. In fact it could be considered a "philosophical tale for children", un "conte philosophique pour enfants".

[pobopolybius]

Seeing everyone just taking theit pm ocs and reworking them is making me like. Aoughhh... I could never do that Ness Noah Ronan Tistou and Cain are too important I can't bring myself to rewrite them especially since they were so involved w canon characters

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Books to read to improve your French

Hi! If you're learning French and are looking for something to read, here's a list of books I read and loved as a French pupil that you might want to discover!

Beginners (A2-B1)

Tistou Les Pouces Verts, by Maurice Druon: This is the story of Tistou, a child who can make flowers sprout wherever his hand lands. Tistou uses his power to help adults around him to bear the difficult aspects of life, such as war and sadness. As it is a kid book, it is quite easy to read and full of vocabulary (especially for learning the names of flowers!)

The Laure and Compagnie series, by Catherine Missonier: This series of five books recount the eccentric adventures of elementary school pupils. The stories are all very funny (ranging from a class discovering that their teacher is a secret agent to a story about an alien who turns into a human and lands in a fifth-grade classroom)

Intermediate (B1)

Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: You may already be familiar with this book, as it is widely known. It tells the story of a little boy traveling from planet to planet in the universe looking for a place to settle. It is a very touching philosophical tale and by far my favorite book on this list.

Le Petit Nicolas, by René Goscinny: Nicolas is a boy living in France in the 50s. He writes about his daily life in post-war France, his relationship with his friends, with school, and his parents. I loved these books as a child. They are easy to read and very useful for learning about French society in the 20th century.

Intermediate-Advanced (B2)

Le Château de ma Mère and La Gloire de mon Père, by Marcel Pagnol: these two novels are autobiographical. The author recounts his youth in Provence. The author's style is simple to understand, but his stories are moving and give the impression of falling back into childhood.

Advanced (C1)

La Passe-Miroir, by Christelle Dabos: La Passe-Miroir is a series of French fantasy novels. Ophelia, a young woman living on the planet Anima, can tell the history of objects just by touching them. Her story begins when she gets engaged against her will to Thorn, a mysterious man from a frozen planet...

La Parure, Aux Champs and Le Horla, by Guy de Maupassant : Maupassant is one of France's most famous authors of short stories. I discovered those three in high school, and I really liked them because of their unexpected endings. These texts are short, but Maupassant lived in the 19th century, so his style is a bit more difficult to understand.

Voyage au Centre de la Terre, by Jules Verne (or, really, anything by Jules Verne): I think I must have read this book at least fifty times and I'm still not tired of it ;-)! Verne narrates the story of Axel and his uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, who, one day, find a map that might be able to lead them to the center of the Earth... The story is fascinating and the characters are quite endearing. However, there is a lot of scientific jargon that might be difficult to understand without a dictionary.

Hope these suggestions can help you find something to read!

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